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The effects of racemization rate for age estimation of pink teeth
- Source :
- Journal of forensic sciences. 60(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Pink teeth is thought to result from the seepage of hemoglobin caused by dental pulp decomposition. We investigated whether racemization can be applied for age estimation in cases of pink teeth where the whole tooth is used. The pink teeth used were three cases and the normal teeth for control were five mandibular canines of known age. Age of the pink teeth was calculated on the basis of regression formula obtained from the five control teeth. Only a slight error was noted between the actual and estimated ages of the pink teeth (R(2) = 0.980, r = 0.990): Cases 1-3 actually aged 23, 53, and 59 years were estimated to be 26, 52, and 60 years. Based on our results of testing pink teeth of known age, we suggest that racemization techniques allow for the age estimation of pink teeth using the same methods for normally colored teeth.
- Subjects :
- Male
Aspartic Acid
Cuspid
business.industry
Normal teeth
Forensic dentistry
Dentistry
Color
Middle Aged
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
stomatognathic diseases
Young Adult
stomatognathic system
Age estimation
Case-Control Studies
Postmortem Changes
Genetics
Medicine
Humans
Regression Analysis
Age Determination by Teeth
business
Forensic Dentistry
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15564029
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of forensic sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7b37f376938277f0045d4f94cad0bd78